List of heads of state of Rif

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List of Heads of State of the Rif (Morocco):

Term Incumbent Notes
18 September 1921 Independence of the Rif (Capital: Ajdir (Axdir)) proclaimed
18 September 1921 to 1 February 1923 Sayyidi Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, Amir ar-Rif
(Abd el-Krim)
Emir
Rif Republic - Dawlat al-Jumhuriyya ar-Rifiyya
1 February 1923 to 27 May 1926 Sayyidi Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, Ra'is ad-Dawla
(Abd el-Krim)
(word for word, in Arabic) Head of State; assisted by a prime minister, from July 1923 - 27 May 1926 ben Hajj Hatmi
27 May 1926 Dissolution of Rif Republic by Franco-Spanish forces

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